Prototaxoxylon intertrappeum Prakash and Srivastava 1962 (conifer)

Prototaxoxylon

Synonym: Spiroxylon intertrappeum Prakash and Srivastava 1959

Belongs to Prototaxoxylon according to Prakash and Srivastava 1962

Sister taxa: Prototaxoxylon gondwanense, Prototaxoxylon mahabalei, Prototaxoxylon maithyi, Prototaxoxylon uniseriale

Type specimens:

  • Prototaxoxylon intertrappeum: Its type locality is Sitapuri, which is in a Maastrichtian/Paleocene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Deccan Intertrappean Formation of India
  • Spiroxylon intertrappeum: Its type locality is Sitapuri, which is in a Maastrichtian/Paleocene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Deccan Intertrappean Formation of India.

Distribution: found only at Sitapuri

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